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The Adventures of Robin Hood
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NR,1hr 42min
Genre:
Action
Release:
1938
Directors:
Michael Curtiz, William Keighley
Distributor:
Warner Home Video
Starring:
Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone  ...more
Synopsis: In order to avoid the material copyrighted by Douglas Fairbanks Sr. for his 1922 Robin Hood, the scripters of this Flynn version relied on several legendary episodes that had never before been filmed, notably the battle between Robin and Little John (Alan Hale Sr., who played this part three times in his long career) and the "piggy-back" episode between Robin and Friar Tuck (Eugene Pallette). The film ties together the various ancient anecdotes with a storyline bounded by the capture in Austria of ... Full Synopsis
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Richard Gilliam
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The Adventures of Robin Hood is one of the screen's greatest adventure films and an excellent example of how the studio system's production-by-committee method could create synergistically what, in that era, likely could not have been created by any single force. The hero behind the camera is co-director Michael Curtiz, who was installed by the corporate chiefs at Warner Bros. midway through production. ... Full Review
Featured Cast
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Errol Flynn
Robin Hood, Robin Hood/Sir Robin of Locksley
Olivia de Havilland
Lady Marian Fitzswalter, Maid Marian
Basil Rathbone
Sir Guy of Gisbourne
Claude Rains
Prince John
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